Fifteen years ago, Maclean’s magazine ignited a firestorm with a cover story that branded Quebec as “the most corrupt province in Canada.” The cover featured Bonhomme Carnaval clutching a briefcase overflowing with cash.
Many Quebecers and politicians dismissed the article as an unfair attack on the province’s reputation. Yet we now have fresh evidence suggesting that Maclean’s might have been onto something all along.
